Giants 31, Patriots 28? The Patriots by 50? A last-second kick to ice it? A Madonna bomb at halftime? Scroll forward for expert (and non-expert) predictions about Super Bowl XLVI. . . .
Jonathan Adler: The New England Patriots will avenge their loss in Super Bowl XLII with a convincing win on the backs of their tremendous tight ends.
William J. Bennett: I’m going with the Patriots — and that means one thing: The Giants will probably win.
Joseph Bottum: Patriots [will] claim their last Super Bowl of the Tom Brady era, 17 to 13. Boston rejoices. The rest of the NFL goes back to the drawing board.
Scott Brown: In the last ten years, Boston has won seven major sports championships. On Sunday, the Patriots are going to make it number eight, and I don’t care if it’s by one point or 50.
Edward John Craig: Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz, and Mario Manningham will cement their status as one of the league’s premier wide-receiver trios. . . . I’ll take Giants 31, Patriots 24.
Jim Geraghty: In a Giants-Patriots (re)match-up, this Jets fan will be rooting for the commercials.
Michael Graham: Dear New York Giants fans: Give up now. Our team (13-3) is better than your team (9-7). . . . Victory is ours, New York. Not even prayer can save you now.
Ray Keating: Well, at least New Jersey governor Chris Christie is trying to cut income taxes. So: Giants 31, Patriots 28.
Kathryn Jean Lopez: Madonna will provide a mortality moment.
Michael Flaherty: Chad Ochocinco. . . will score more touchdowns in the first half of the Super Bowl than he has all season, leading the Patriots to victory and himself to the MVP.
Tom Hoopes: The Patriots are Mitt Romney—the longtime winners from Massachusetts with a guy at the helm who looks the part. And of course Mitt—I mean the Patriots—will win.
Kevin Madden: Governor Romney’s a Pats fan, and Tagg will be disappointed in me, but they’ll have some caucus wins in February to keep them happy, one hopes. Giants 31, Pats 28.
John Ondrasik: As a Los Angeles native, it would be sacrilege for me to pull for anything Boston: Giants 23, Pats 16.
Eric Metaxas: Madonna will still not be relevant.
John J. Miller: The Patriots will win and it will be their last Super Bowl win for a very long time.
Sarah Palin: Who would I choose? I say, in order to keep this competitive battle going, to continue the needed vetting and debate, if I were there, I’d vote for Eli!
Dana Perino: I’ve loved living in New York City these last two months —and so, since my dear Broncos didn’t make it, I’ve gotta root for the Giants this week.
Bob Turner: Giants 27, Patriots 13.
George Weigel: The Giants will rebound from their crushing losses to the BALTIMORE Colts in 1958 and 1959 and take Super Bowl XLVI, 24-20.
The brutal soccer riot in Port Said, Egypt, this week — with a death toll of 74 and counting — wasn’t even the worst of its kind. Scroll forward for a brief history of death and soccer. . . .
May 24, 1964: 318 people are killed in riots at the National Stadium in Lima during a Peru-Argentina match.
June 23, 1968: At a River Plate-Boca Juniors match in Buenos Aires, more than 70 people die in a stampede at a blocked gate.
Jan. 2, 1971: 66 people are crushed to death after a Rangers-Celtic derby in Glasgow, Scotland.
Oct. 20, 1982: 300 people are killed in a stampede on an icy staircase at a Spartak-Haarlem match in Moscow.
May 11, 1985: 56 people die in a terrace fire at a Bradford City-Lincoln City match in Bradford, England.
May 29, 1985: 39 people are killed when a wall collapses at a Liverpool-Juventus European Champions Cup final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.
April 15, 1989: 96 people are crushed to death at a Liverpool-Nottingham Forest cup match in Sheffield.
Jan. 13, 1991: 40 people die in a stampede following a friendly match in Orkney, South Africa.
Oct. 16, 1996: 80 people are killed in an avalanche of bodies before a Guatemala-Costa Rica World Cup qualifying match in Guatemala City.
April, 11, 2001: More than 40 people are killed in a crush at the overcrowded Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Feb. 1, 2012: At least 74 people are killed in stampedes, beatings, and stabbings following a soccer match in Port Said, Egypt.
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